Baling a few fields of hay back in early June 2023. Using a Ford 4000 and an International b47 square baler. Also the Massey raking with a Vicon single rotor rake.
Back in the 1960s we had a Farmall H tractor and an International 45 baler. Being poor we did not have the money to have the knotters looked at so every so often it would miss tying a bale. The baler had twine boxes on each side of the bale chamber, so I sat on one while my dad was baling. I was about ten at the time. When I saw a bale that was not tied, I would yell, and dad would stop and tie the bale while it was still in the bale chamber. He said twine was too expensive to waste.
Great video. I drove a Ford. 4000 and a 4600 when I drove for bees nurserys chester. Great all round tractors. Done many jobs with them. Thanks for a great memory 😊 Graham
Such a wonderful joy of looking at new and machinery in the field but please number 1 priority and it can absolutely save human limbs and life's the PTO shaft from Ford 4000 to hay baler needs replacement life is precious 👍👍🙏🙏
@brianmarshall1637 yes we still get a lot of use out of the ford for yard jobs and some field work very easy on diesel and easy to service and maintain compared to the newer tractors
Spent many a happy hour with the B47 cracking balerf it's time, we had a John Deere 2130 p reg on it. We bought a second baler a Bamford super that to good baler. Great vidio 👍👍
@elginsparrowhawk7203 we keep her well serviced although she could do with some cosmetic work on the mudguards and front nose cone but she’s still used regularly on the farm so it’s always hard getting the time to do those jobs. Thanks for your comment
Lovely video during the early summer weather that didn't last. When I was a boy in 1970s, my late father had a B46 and then a B47 baler. The B47 broke our hearts with missed knots. Never got to the bottom why it did. Suspected it was the stationary twine knives seemed very finicky to set up. No 4K video mobile phones back then to record and playback in slo- mo what was happening in the knotter. I see a few missed bales there. What's your experience with what is a very well kept B47?
@dellhell8842 thanks for the comment. It was my dad’a uncle’s baler back in its prime he baled on the country with it hay and straw and it was very well maintained. It was still used on the farm every year even when I was younger but it was in storage for about 10 years there we only pulled it out a day or 2 before we baled this although it was covered and well coated with oil so it kept it preserved and we had a quick go over it before using her. Yes one of the knotters occasionally didn’t tie correctly and she did let out a few loose bales but for the most part she went well. As we haven’t used it too much much recently and with other projects and silage during the summer we never get the chance to look into it but like a lot of other things someday we might get round to it
Back in the 1960s we had a Farmall H tractor and an International 45 baler. Being poor we did not have the money to have the knotters looked at so every so often it would miss tying a bale. The baler had twine boxes on each side of the bale chamber, so I sat on one while my dad was baling. I was about ten at the time. When I saw a bale that was not tied, I would yell, and dad would stop and tie the bale while it was still in the bale chamber. He said twine was too expensive to waste.
Great video. I drove a Ford. 4000 and a 4600 when I drove for bees nurserys chester. Great all round tractors. Done many jobs with them.
Thanks for a great memory 😊 Graham
Takes me back to the seventies as a young lad nice to see , used to love the Ford 4000.
Such a wonderful joy of looking at new and machinery in the field but please number 1 priority and it can absolutely save human limbs and life's the PTO shaft from Ford 4000 to hay baler needs replacement life is precious 👍👍🙏🙏
Good video nice to see the Ford 4000 getting the job done.
A very enjoyable video, love that raker
@colmanlong1032 it’s a very handy rake, we’ve had it on the Ford before as well although she’s a bit light at the front when lifting it up
Very nice rake .......👍👍
Nice hay
@austinmetro6317 yeh the cows weren’t long eating it the last month. Drip feeding silage now before we take them in for the winter
Yes a proven and popular tractor of their day as beyond.
@brianmarshall1637 yes we still get a lot of use out of the ford for yard jobs and some field work very easy on diesel and easy to service and maintain compared to the newer tractors
Spent many a happy hour with the B47 cracking balerf it's time, we had a John Deere 2130 p reg on it. We bought a second baler a Bamford super that to good baler. Great vidio 👍👍
Look after the 4000, some of us would like an old classic tractor!
@elginsparrowhawk7203 we keep her well serviced although she could do with some cosmetic work on the mudguards and front nose cone but she’s still used regularly on the farm so it’s always hard getting the time to do those jobs. Thanks for your comment
Lovely video during the early summer weather that didn't last. When I was a boy in 1970s, my late father had a B46 and then a B47 baler. The B47 broke our hearts with missed knots. Never got to the bottom why it did. Suspected it was the stationary twine knives seemed very finicky to set up. No 4K video mobile phones back then to record and playback in slo- mo what was happening in the knotter.
I see a few missed bales there. What's your experience with what is a very well kept B47?
@dellhell8842 thanks for the comment. It was my dad’a uncle’s baler back in its prime he baled on the country with it hay and straw and it was very well maintained. It was still used on the farm every year even when I was younger but it was in storage for about 10 years there we only pulled it out a day or 2 before we baled this although it was covered and well coated with oil so it kept it preserved and we had a quick go over it before using her. Yes one of the knotters occasionally didn’t tie correctly and she did let out a few loose bales but for the most part she went well. As we haven’t used it too much much recently and with other projects and silage during the summer we never get the chance to look into it but like a lot of other things someday we might get round to it
That brings back some happy memories for me thank you 👍👍
the 4000 had problems with frontendloader without powersteering in the old days.
Very good video
How old is the tractor ford
@user-kf3pl8pu2m the Ford is a 1973 model so 50 years of age